About some plants of the flora of Azerbaijan used in folk medicine and cooking
AUTHORS : Mehdiyeva N.P.
RELEVANT UNIVERSITIES : Department of Plant Resources of the Institute of Botany of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan
YEAR : 2014
SUMMARY The paper provides information on the medicinal and nutritional properties, as well as the forms of application of 55 species of the most popular wild-growing plants of the medicinal flora of Azerbaijan, indicating its diversity and rich useful potential. It has been
confirmed that the results of scientific research aimed at studying the chemical composition of plants and the biologically active properties of their components create a solid basis for proving the scientific validity of most of the known “folk” recipes and the
empirical experience of traditional medicine in general.
